turnings
Changes in direction
Turnings are points where a road, path, or passage changes direction, or the act of making such a change.
In British usage especially, you might miss a turning if you drive past the junction you wanted.
The word also names the waste material—shavings or chips—produced when something is shaped on a lathe.
The metal turnings curled onto the workshop floor.
A turning point, by extension, is any moment when circumstances shift decisively in a new direction.
Curve or flex
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- cornerMeeting point of edges
- junctionPoint where things meet
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
fork · roundabout · switchback · hairpin · detour · signpost · lane · merge
Rapid rotation around axis
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- rotationTurning on an axis
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- swivelRotating connection point
gyration · pirouette · orbit · axis · wheel · crank · dial · pivot
Movement or work period
- pivotPoint of rotation
- transformationThorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
- conversionAct of changing states
reversal · about-face · switch · redirection · watershed · inflection · crossroads · metamorphosis
bend
Curve or flex
intersection · fork · roundabout · switchback · hairpin · detour · signpost · lane · merge · exit
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- rotationTurning on an axis
- twistRotating motion or surprise
swivel · gyration · pirouette · orbit · axis · wheel · crank · dial · pivot · torque
shift
Movement or work period
- pivotPoint of rotation
- transformationThorough change in form
- transitionChange from one state
conversion · reversal · about-face · switch · redirection · watershed · inflection · crossroads · metamorphosis · upheaval
woodturning
Shaping rotating timber
bowl · pen · platter · chuck · faceplate · roughing · finishing · sanding · polishing · symmetry
- woodworkcarving, lumber, molding, boards, wood trim
- wood scrapssawdust, wood chips, shavings, splinters, wood shavings
- shop wasteswarf, filings, chips, grindings, slag
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- ornamentationornaments, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental, embellishment
- industrial wasteslag, tailings, sludge, effluent, overburden
turningsstraightaways
Unbending course segments
straights · beelines · straight lines · runways · corridors
- turning offCausing to stop functioning
- turning onCausing to operate
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- turning aroundReversing one's direction
- turning inDelivering or retiring
- turning downRefusing to accept